Tag: apple spinner game

As September comes to a close, I want to sneak in one last FREE apple game for you!! Don’t pack up your apple unit without adding this to your file. It’s super easy to play and my preschooler had a blast with it.

As I was rummaging through my fall box of goodies, I found these adorable mini apple erasers in red, green and yellow. I realized I hadn’t used them for anything yet and wanted to create something for them before September was gone! Of course, you don’t have to have these exact mini erasers to play the game. Any manipulatives can be used as long as you have some red, yellow and green. Things like buttons, flat marbles, BINGO chips, or poms poms will work perfectly.

How to Play

Gather your materials:

• Apple Tree Game Board
• Manipulatives (10 red, 10 green and 10 yellow)
• 2 paper clips
• pencil

Directions:

Students can play the game independently or with a partner. Give each student or pair of students a game board. Instruct them to place 10 red “apples” on the first tree, 10 green “apples” on the second tree and 10 yellow “apples” on the third tree so that all the circles on the trees have “apples” in them. Have your kiddos spin both spinners and remember what color and what number they land on (i.e. red 3). Then instruct them to remove that particular amount of apples from that certain color tree (i.e. Pick 3 red apples). Have students take turns “picking apples” until the game board is clear. Students can work together to pick all the apples as a team or they can compete to see who picks the most apples in the end.

Hint: If your students get 2 trees empty and only have one remaining color, you can tell them to just use the numbers spinner.

I had fun making this game really colorful and eye-catching, but I know printing several color copies can be detrimental to your ink supply. So I also took the time to create an ink-friendly, black and white version of the game. The students can simply color in the circles on the spinner before they get started.

That’s it!! If you’d like to add this fun Apple Tree Spinner Game to your collection of apple activities, just click the button below for your FREE download. Also, I love to hear from you, so please leave any questions or comments below!

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